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Environmental Estrogens 1. Environmental estrogens are a variety of natural compounds, and synthetic chemicals that are like the female sex hormone, estrogen. Hormones are the chemical messengers of the body’s endocrine system. Environmental chemicals alter the function of the endocrine system by imitating and either triggering or blocking a response to the body’s natural hormones. 2. Environmental estrogens occur in nature and may be found in plants, or in oneâ€